# Sudden ominous silences on the Internet

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 8, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-ominous-silences-on-the-internet/977893 "2023-01-08T21:17:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-ominous-silences-on-the-internet/977893/1 "2023-01-08T21:17:33Z")

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Winchell Chung a.k.a. Nyrath the Nearly Wise has not updated his Twitter page in 72 hours. Given his ongoing health issues I’m worried.

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-ominous-silences-on-the-internet/977893/2 "2023-01-08T22:23:59Z")

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> [@Lumpy](#):
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> [Nyrath] has not updated his Twitter page in 72 hours

Dumb question. . . _is Twitter still updateable_? I though it went all Chernobyl-y a few weeks ago and was locked out to non-paying people by a certain date.

And are you talking about this @Nyrath?

Tripler  
Maybe this post’ll get his attention.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-ominous-silences-on-the-internet/977893/3 "2023-01-08T23:05:42Z")

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> [@Tripler](#):
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> Dumb question. . . _is Twitter still updateable_? I though it went all Chernobyl-y a few weeks ago and was locked out to non-paying people by a certain date.
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> And are you talking about this @Nyrath?
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> Tripler  
> Maybe this post’ll get his attention.

Other Twitter accounts have recent posts so that’s not it. And yes Winchell is the proprietor of the Project Rho Atomic Rockets site.